This is a photo of my new nephew, Nathan Dustin Bunderson,
born July 25, 2011, in Houston, Texas.
Seven pounds, eleven ounces.
Don't mess with Texas!
born July 25, 2011, in Houston, Texas.
Seven pounds, eleven ounces.
Don't mess with Texas!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The Galilee (Part 2)
July 18th (Mon)- Today we started the intense field trip portion of our trip to the Galilee, where we stopped going to class and just did field trips all day! Ouch. I'll be dead by the end of this as you can see. We went to Mt. Tabor which is a possible place for the Mt. of Transfiguration. It was cool cuz they had 3 chapels on top for Moses Elijah, and Elias, in honor of Peter's request for tabernacles. Then we visited Nain where the widow's boy was raised from the dead. Then we went to Megiddo. It was quite big and quite neat. It was basically lots of ruins on a Tel. (A Tel is a mound that had been built up over time.) We went to some springs called Gan Hashelosha and swam for a while. Little fish bit our toes and ate all our dead skin on our feet. It was ticklish. Not really painful at all. Back to Ein Gev.
July 19th (Tues)- We went to the Upper Galilee. First we went to Hazor. Joshua had burned it to the ground in his day. Joshua's main conflict in the North was here. Then we went to Tel Dan and we brought my friend Dan in the class. He and I are the only ones who have places named for them!!! I conquered Troy and he conquered Tel Dan!!!!!! We hiked through a nice area of forests and trees and streams and rivers. Then we reached a big alter area on a hill. We saw a Middle-Bronze Age gate that Abraham likely came through. We went to some Springs called the Banias (no swimming this time). Then we went to Nimrod's castle. Named for the mighty hunter. It wasn't built for him or built any time when he lived. We stormed the castle with our toy shields and swords. It was huge. We had lots of time to explore it. Back to Ein Gev.
July 20th (Wed)- We went to Chorizin, Sepphoris, and Akko. It was super humid today. I was tired, and I honestly don't remember much of what happened during the morning hours. Akko was boring. We went to an overlook at the Meditterranean Sea. As I was wading, I got stung by a sea anemane. Back to Ein Gev.
July 21th (Thurs)- We left Ein Gev first thing in the morning. I was so sad to leave. We visited Mt. Carmel where Elijah went and had his adventure with the Priests of Baal and the Alter. We visited Haifa which had big scenic Bahi Gardens and a cemetery. Then to Ceasarea. It was super hot and big and had a theatre, and a chariot horse race track thing. We did piggy-back races with the little kids. Robert and I tied for first place. We did a review for the midterm (which I didn't do too shabby on the next day) on the way back to the J.C.!!!!!
That was our fun filled trip to Galilee!!!!!
July 19th (Tues)- We went to the Upper Galilee. First we went to Hazor. Joshua had burned it to the ground in his day. Joshua's main conflict in the North was here. Then we went to Tel Dan and we brought my friend Dan in the class. He and I are the only ones who have places named for them!!! I conquered Troy and he conquered Tel Dan!!!!!! We hiked through a nice area of forests and trees and streams and rivers. Then we reached a big alter area on a hill. We saw a Middle-Bronze Age gate that Abraham likely came through. We went to some Springs called the Banias (no swimming this time). Then we went to Nimrod's castle. Named for the mighty hunter. It wasn't built for him or built any time when he lived. We stormed the castle with our toy shields and swords. It was huge. We had lots of time to explore it. Back to Ein Gev.
July 20th (Wed)- We went to Chorizin, Sepphoris, and Akko. It was super humid today. I was tired, and I honestly don't remember much of what happened during the morning hours. Akko was boring. We went to an overlook at the Meditterranean Sea. As I was wading, I got stung by a sea anemane. Back to Ein Gev.
July 21th (Thurs)- We left Ein Gev first thing in the morning. I was so sad to leave. We visited Mt. Carmel where Elijah went and had his adventure with the Priests of Baal and the Alter. We visited Haifa which had big scenic Bahi Gardens and a cemetery. Then to Ceasarea. It was super hot and big and had a theatre, and a chariot horse race track thing. We did piggy-back races with the little kids. Robert and I tied for first place. We did a review for the midterm (which I didn't do too shabby on the next day) on the way back to the J.C.!!!!!
That was our fun filled trip to Galilee!!!!!
The Galilee (Part 1)
Well, here it is . . .
The event you've all been waiting for!!!
The GALILEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to do a Day by Day run through of what happened on our super great adventure!!!
July 11 (Mon)- After getting packed last night, we got up super early and left on our trip to Galilee. We left at about 6:30, so needless to say, I don't remember the journey much.
We stopped at an Ancient Roman City named Bet She'an. They have all their old Roman cities as National Parks which is rather odd. Our next stops were the Nazareth Village, the Church of the Synagogue, and the Church of the Annunciation. Nazareth Village was a little village/visitor's center place that they had in Nazareth to try to give people a feel for how exactly Nazareth was. They had weaving, and wine-making, and a fake little tomb, and sheep, and lots of things like that. We went to a cliff top on the west side of the Sea of Galilee, that conveniently I can't remember the name of. I was really awe-struck to see all the area of where the Savior walked and performed his ministry. Then we drove around to Ein Gev. It is the little resort town where we stayed for our 11 day journey.
Ein Gev (pronounced 'En Gev') is a super great place. The resort we stayed at was right on the beach. It was really neat. It was basically like dozens and dozens of little 3 room, 1 story apartments scattered around the grass on the hill above the beach. Kinda reminded me of San Diego. I was in apartment 133. Scott Rowley, Drew Pearson, and Jarrette Lever were my room-mates. Thankfully in Galilee we got internet.
July 12 (Tues)- We have a restaurant in the main building where we have all our meals, buffet style (pronounced buff-et). Breakfast was superlicious. We went swimming this afternoon. A bunch of us from the classes strove our hardest to be as dangerous as possible. We succeeded in making 3 person tall pyramids. After making very dangerous human towers that could only be rivaled in their stupidity by the Tower of Babel, we did backflips off of each other. We had a fun FHE campfire fire-bon thing tonight. Jarrette is the man and does a whole bunch of fun camp songs.
July 13 (Wed)- Today was a great field-trip day with one glitch. I lost my camera. Thankfully it was about 5 years old, and thankfully everyone has their pictures on the computers at the center that I can get, so I can find all the pictures I lost and more. My room-mate is letting me borrow his old one for the duration of the study abroad, so hopefully I can just get a new one when I get home.
Well on our trip we took a boat across the Galilee. We saw a museum about an old boat that they unearthed at the Sea of Galilee. Then we went to the Church of the Beatitudes, where I lost my camera. I know exactly the 3 possible spots I lost it, but when I went back with several class-mates and faculty members, I couldn't find it. So that's a bummer in the unfortunately area of the miserable spectrum. We also went to Capernaum and saw Peter's house. We visited Tabgha. We also visited Church of St. PEter's Primary. And Bethsaida (very short stop down by the Sea.)
We finished off the day by having a general gospel discussion at the Muhlstein's who happens to be the best teacher in the world. It was really good.
July 14th (Thurs)- We had class today. We went on a fun hike today with a local tour guide. I couldn't remember his name, but he asked us a lot of riddles that were nifty. We had dinner at a fish restaurant in Tiberius.
July 15th (Fri)- We went on a Field Trip to Gamla and hiked a lot as we saw the old ruins of houses and a synagogue and where they had battles. We also visited a placed called Kursi which was by where the Savior cast out the Devils into the swine and they ran into the Sea. Chadwick's class this evening.
July 16th (Sat)- Breakfast. Then Church which was in Tiberius in the little chapel which had a great overlook of the Sea. It was a testimony meeting. We visited a local baptistry. We had a devotional tonght back at Ein Gev. It is so great to learn about all of these various things that happened in the Savior's life. They are so neat. Especially to see them where they happened.
July 17th (Sun)- Class for 3 hours and the rest of the day was a free-day. When I say class, it means New Testament. Which is great thanks to the Muhlstein's who are the best family ever, save mine.
The event you've all been waiting for!!!
The GALILEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to do a Day by Day run through of what happened on our super great adventure!!!
July 11 (Mon)- After getting packed last night, we got up super early and left on our trip to Galilee. We left at about 6:30, so needless to say, I don't remember the journey much.
We stopped at an Ancient Roman City named Bet She'an. They have all their old Roman cities as National Parks which is rather odd. Our next stops were the Nazareth Village, the Church of the Synagogue, and the Church of the Annunciation. Nazareth Village was a little village/visitor's center place that they had in Nazareth to try to give people a feel for how exactly Nazareth was. They had weaving, and wine-making, and a fake little tomb, and sheep, and lots of things like that. We went to a cliff top on the west side of the Sea of Galilee, that conveniently I can't remember the name of. I was really awe-struck to see all the area of where the Savior walked and performed his ministry. Then we drove around to Ein Gev. It is the little resort town where we stayed for our 11 day journey.
Ein Gev (pronounced 'En Gev') is a super great place. The resort we stayed at was right on the beach. It was really neat. It was basically like dozens and dozens of little 3 room, 1 story apartments scattered around the grass on the hill above the beach. Kinda reminded me of San Diego. I was in apartment 133. Scott Rowley, Drew Pearson, and Jarrette Lever were my room-mates. Thankfully in Galilee we got internet.
July 12 (Tues)- We have a restaurant in the main building where we have all our meals, buffet style (pronounced buff-et). Breakfast was superlicious. We went swimming this afternoon. A bunch of us from the classes strove our hardest to be as dangerous as possible. We succeeded in making 3 person tall pyramids. After making very dangerous human towers that could only be rivaled in their stupidity by the Tower of Babel, we did backflips off of each other. We had a fun FHE campfire fire-bon thing tonight. Jarrette is the man and does a whole bunch of fun camp songs.
July 13 (Wed)- Today was a great field-trip day with one glitch. I lost my camera. Thankfully it was about 5 years old, and thankfully everyone has their pictures on the computers at the center that I can get, so I can find all the pictures I lost and more. My room-mate is letting me borrow his old one for the duration of the study abroad, so hopefully I can just get a new one when I get home.
Well on our trip we took a boat across the Galilee. We saw a museum about an old boat that they unearthed at the Sea of Galilee. Then we went to the Church of the Beatitudes, where I lost my camera. I know exactly the 3 possible spots I lost it, but when I went back with several class-mates and faculty members, I couldn't find it. So that's a bummer in the unfortunately area of the miserable spectrum. We also went to Capernaum and saw Peter's house. We visited Tabgha. We also visited Church of St. PEter's Primary. And Bethsaida (very short stop down by the Sea.)
We finished off the day by having a general gospel discussion at the Muhlstein's who happens to be the best teacher in the world. It was really good.
July 14th (Thurs)- We had class today. We went on a fun hike today with a local tour guide. I couldn't remember his name, but he asked us a lot of riddles that were nifty. We had dinner at a fish restaurant in Tiberius.
July 15th (Fri)- We went on a Field Trip to Gamla and hiked a lot as we saw the old ruins of houses and a synagogue and where they had battles. We also visited a placed called Kursi which was by where the Savior cast out the Devils into the swine and they ran into the Sea. Chadwick's class this evening.
July 16th (Sat)- Breakfast. Then Church which was in Tiberius in the little chapel which had a great overlook of the Sea. It was a testimony meeting. We visited a local baptistry. We had a devotional tonght back at Ein Gev. It is so great to learn about all of these various things that happened in the Savior's life. They are so neat. Especially to see them where they happened.
July 17th (Sun)- Class for 3 hours and the rest of the day was a free-day. When I say class, it means New Testament. Which is great thanks to the Muhlstein's who are the best family ever, save mine.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Bethlehem and Herodian
Yesterday we went to the Herodian, which is Herod Antipus's summer home area. It was really good. It was big enough to explore and run around but small enough that Herod was able to walk from one end to the other in less than an hour. (okay exaggeration). But his swimming pool was about 4 times as big as our house. Yeah. I was jealous. It was huge!!! We hiked up the hill and saw his huge tower/castle thing. We explored the tunnels. That's always fun.
Then we went to Bethlehem University. We talked to the Muslims and Christians who were there. They were really nice. They got along pretty well. And they hate checkpoints. That is basically a consensus.
We visited the Byzantine Church where Christ was apparently born under. The church was built right over the grotto where they think Christ was born. It was really spiritual. I bought a couple nativity ornaments that I think would go well on a tree. Not sure where else they would go.
It was a great field trip. Even our security guard was tired by the end of it, and he is as strong as an ox.
We went to the Eilat the day before yesterday. That was a student planned field trip out to the Red Sea. We went snorkling. That was super fun!!!! I am very glad that we did it because inhaling salt water is basically a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was really fun.
That is basically all our adventures of the past two days. That and I got a movie called the Presige that arrived. Christopher Nolan seems to love choosing Christian Bale and Michael Caine for his movies. It is a rather uniquely strange film.
Bye until next time. Only 2 finals left here this week.
Then we went to Bethlehem University. We talked to the Muslims and Christians who were there. They were really nice. They got along pretty well. And they hate checkpoints. That is basically a consensus.
We visited the Byzantine Church where Christ was apparently born under. The church was built right over the grotto where they think Christ was born. It was really spiritual. I bought a couple nativity ornaments that I think would go well on a tree. Not sure where else they would go.
It was a great field trip. Even our security guard was tired by the end of it, and he is as strong as an ox.
We went to the Eilat the day before yesterday. That was a student planned field trip out to the Red Sea. We went snorkling. That was super fun!!!! I am very glad that we did it because inhaling salt water is basically a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was really fun.
That is basically all our adventures of the past two days. That and I got a movie called the Presige that arrived. Christopher Nolan seems to love choosing Christian Bale and Michael Caine for his movies. It is a rather uniquely strange film.
Bye until next time. Only 2 finals left here this week.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Yad Veshem
Today we went to the Yad Veshem Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was a great field trip. At the same time it was very sad to see. The museum was great. We walked around outside and saw a few different buildings with memorials and exhibits and things. Unfortunately, my camera decided to run out of batteries just then. We couldn't take pictures inside anyway, so I didn't miss much. It was very sad. It was a good thing to remember. So it doesn't happen again.
We also went to Mount Herzel. That was a nearby mountain of granduer with lots of IDF soldiers on it. There were lots of memorials there as well.
Learn loads. Loved it.
It was great.
We also went to Mount Herzel. That was a nearby mountain of granduer with lots of IDF soldiers on it. There were lots of memorials there as well.
Learn loads. Loved it.
It was great.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Jordan Trip
Hello again blog . . .
How are all of you???
June 20th (Monday)-
-Today was a wonderful day. We got up early and drove to the Israel/Jordan border. Made it across okay. We visited Mount Nebo. It was where Moses looked into the Promised Land, but never got to see. After that short jaunt, we went to Madaba and saw a Greek Orthodox Church with a mural mosaic map of Israel on the floor. Then we visited Herod's Palace at Mecharous. It was up a giant hill about 20 minutes or so. Our hotel our first night wasn't too bad. It was simply very small roomed and the restaurant was 4 floors below us. That meant we had to walk up/down lots of stairs. Dan is my room-mate for this trip. It was super hot all night long. And the water pressure was non-existant.
June 21st (Tuesday)
-We had breakfast in our little basement restaurant. We visited Petra today. For y'all who've seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the treasury of Petra was the spot where Indi went down the Canyon of the Cresent Moon to find the Holy Grail. We visited some big Tombs and a Monastery. And a Byzantine Church and a Temple. We went to the Belvue Hotel tonight in Aman (the capital city of Jordan). That is a famous hotel. Dan and I were up on the 8th Floor. More stairs. At least they had many elevators. That was nice. Dinner and Bed.
June 22nd (Wednesday)
-We visited a citadel this morning. The Citadel of Aman was great and had so much wonderful stuff to it. It was big and had enough room to run around to our heart's content. We then went to the ancient city of Jerash. If I thought the citadel of Aman was huge, then I was mistaken. This one was gigantic. I got dehydrated and almost died (well not quite) but I was thirsty. There were so many columns and big ancient structures. My buddy Jarrett sang an awesome song in one of the big theatres. It was so neat to see. We explored the city. Got ice cream and milkshakes. Then we had dinner. Bed.
June 23rd (Thursday)
We visited a large theatre this morning. Then we went to visit the Jordan River. It was about a billion degrees Celsius (which in Fahrenheit is practically 110 degrees). It was wonderful to see the place where the Savior was baptized. It was very moving. I don't think there is anything quite like it to sit on the banks of a river you have heard about your whole life and remember the experience of your own baptism as you picture the Savior getting baptized.
Home to the J.C. (Jerusalem Center for all you Americanites).
How are all of you???
June 20th (Monday)-
-Today was a wonderful day. We got up early and drove to the Israel/Jordan border. Made it across okay. We visited Mount Nebo. It was where Moses looked into the Promised Land, but never got to see. After that short jaunt, we went to Madaba and saw a Greek Orthodox Church with a mural mosaic map of Israel on the floor. Then we visited Herod's Palace at Mecharous. It was up a giant hill about 20 minutes or so. Our hotel our first night wasn't too bad. It was simply very small roomed and the restaurant was 4 floors below us. That meant we had to walk up/down lots of stairs. Dan is my room-mate for this trip. It was super hot all night long. And the water pressure was non-existant.
June 21st (Tuesday)
-We had breakfast in our little basement restaurant. We visited Petra today. For y'all who've seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the treasury of Petra was the spot where Indi went down the Canyon of the Cresent Moon to find the Holy Grail. We visited some big Tombs and a Monastery. And a Byzantine Church and a Temple. We went to the Belvue Hotel tonight in Aman (the capital city of Jordan). That is a famous hotel. Dan and I were up on the 8th Floor. More stairs. At least they had many elevators. That was nice. Dinner and Bed.
June 22nd (Wednesday)
-We visited a citadel this morning. The Citadel of Aman was great and had so much wonderful stuff to it. It was big and had enough room to run around to our heart's content. We then went to the ancient city of Jerash. If I thought the citadel of Aman was huge, then I was mistaken. This one was gigantic. I got dehydrated and almost died (well not quite) but I was thirsty. There were so many columns and big ancient structures. My buddy Jarrett sang an awesome song in one of the big theatres. It was so neat to see. We explored the city. Got ice cream and milkshakes. Then we had dinner. Bed.
June 23rd (Thursday)
We visited a large theatre this morning. Then we went to visit the Jordan River. It was about a billion degrees Celsius (which in Fahrenheit is practically 110 degrees). It was wonderful to see the place where the Savior was baptized. It was very moving. I don't think there is anything quite like it to sit on the banks of a river you have heard about your whole life and remember the experience of your own baptism as you picture the Savior getting baptized.
Home to the J.C. (Jerusalem Center for all you Americanites).
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Catch-up Time . . .
This post is for me to catch-up on my blog.
We have been doing lots of school-work and mid-terms and things like that.
We went on a field-trip on sunday to a very special place called . . .
Well, I don't remember where it was or what it was called, but I just know that it was neat. We first went to a shepherd place where we shepherded sheep. It was really neat. We got water out of a well, and other nomadic stuff. Made me grateful for a big giant castle on Mount Scopus.
We did other nomadic things. Well maybe not nomadic, but certainly primitive. Primitive, but much better than I could do without technology.
And I ran on a hamster wheel . . .
We are getting ready for our informal talent show. This is really going to be a hi-light of the semester. My FHE group is doing a movie-preview skit, with me being the announcer voice guy. That will be lots of fun.
I wish to enlighten my fellow facebook people about my blog, so I'm going to send out a FB message to all my friends about my blog soon.
We have been doing lots of school-work and mid-terms and things like that.
We went on a field-trip on sunday to a very special place called . . .
Well, I don't remember where it was or what it was called, but I just know that it was neat. We first went to a shepherd place where we shepherded sheep. It was really neat. We got water out of a well, and other nomadic stuff. Made me grateful for a big giant castle on Mount Scopus.
We did other nomadic things. Well maybe not nomadic, but certainly primitive. Primitive, but much better than I could do without technology.
And I ran on a hamster wheel . . .
We are getting ready for our informal talent show. This is really going to be a hi-light of the semester. My FHE group is doing a movie-preview skit, with me being the announcer voice guy. That will be lots of fun.
I wish to enlighten my fellow facebook people about my blog, so I'm going to send out a FB message to all my friends about my blog soon.
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